National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Present study was conducted to assess the effect of feeding condensed tannins supplemented through leaf meal mixture on haematology, serum biochemical profile and faecal egg count in Nellore brown ewes. 18 Nellore brown ewes of similar age and body weight (3-3.5 yrs, 25.03±1.52 kg) were selected and randomly divided into three groups Negative Control (dewormed), Control (without deworming), Treatment group (T) of six animals in each group. Both control groups were fed with complete feed, while treatment group ewes were fed with complete feed in which part of roughage was replaced with tanniferous leaf meal mixture to get 3% condensed tannin level in the diet and the experiment was conducted for the period of 120 days. Blood and serum samples were collected periodically (30 days interval) and analysed for haematology and serum biochemical profile. The mean Hb (g/dl) levels were significantly (P<0.05) low in C group compared to other groups and significantly (P<0.05) high in T, NC groups. The mean PCV (%) values were significantly (P<0.05) low in C group compared to other groups. The mean serum urea (mg/dl) levels in the treatment group of lambs were found to be significantly (P<0.05) lower compared to both control groups. The fecal egg count was significantly (P<0.05) low in treatment group. The results of the present study revealed that inclusion of Condensed tannin at 3% level in the diets of sheep does not cause any effect on health of the animal and also decreases the fecal egg count.
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